Fantastic Four #13
Title(s): The Red Ghost and his Indescribable Super-Apes
Menace on the Moon
The Watcher Appears
Duel in the Dead City
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Villain: Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff)
Guests: The Watcher
This is a single story split into four parts that have been given individual titles. There's a subtle irony in the story. The Fantastic Four travel to the Moon to make sure that America wins the space race. However, by travelling to the Moon themselves the Fantastic Four have already won the space race as a private corporation. Or maybe it was the Russian scientist, Ivan Kragoff. In the excitement of pages 9 and 10 it isn't clear which spaceship landed first.
The exposure to the so-called cosmic rays gives Ivan Kragoff and his three pet monkeys super powers to rival the Fantastic Four. However, the most important occurrence in this comic is the introduction of the Watcher, a member of a super-powered race that chronicles the universe but never interferes. At least, they shouldn't interfere. In later comics we see that the Watcher frequently breaks his oath of non-interference to assist the Fantastic Four.
Tales To Astonish #42
Title: The Voice of Doom
Writer: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Artist: Don Heck
Villain: Jason Cragg
There's a small error in this story. I blame Larry Lieber for slipping up. He must have thought he was working for DC. It's claimed that Ant-Man lives in a fictional place called Center City. We all know that he lived in New York, probably Manhattan.
This issue also contains an anthology story.
Journey into Mystery #91
Title: Trapped by the Carbon-Copy Man
Writer: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Regulars: Jane Foster, Odin
Villain: Loki, Sandu
This issue also contains two short anthology stories.
Title: Iron Man versus Gargantus
Writer: Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein
Artist: Jack Kirby
Villain: Gargantus (a robot)
This issue confirms the tragic life of Anthony Stark that I mentioned when writing about the previous issue. He might be a playboy, but he can never consummate his relationships with women because of the metal chest plate he has to wear.
At the beginning of the comic Iron Man is wearing a grey suit, as in his origin story. After seeing that it terrifies members of the public he sprays gold paint onto it.
This issue also contains two short anthology stories.
Strange Tales #107
Title: The Master of Flame vs the Monarch of the Sea
Writer: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Artist: Dick Ayers
Villain: Sub-Mariner
Regulars: Susan Storm, Reed Richards, Ben Grimm
It could be argued that the Human Torch is the villain in this story. He chooses to attack Sub-Mariner just to get more respect from the other members of the Fantastic Four.
This issue shows that Susan Storm still has feelings for Sub-Mariner. She has his picture on her table.
This issue also contains three short anthology stories.
Other comics published this month:
Modeling with Millie #22 (Stan Lee, Stan Goldberg)
Patsy Walker #106 (Stan Lee, Al Hartley)
Patsy and Hedy #87 (Stan Lee, Al Hartley)
Kathy #22 (Stan Lee, Stan Goldberg)
Rawhide Kid #33 (Stan Lee, Jack Davis)
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